Assistant Engineering Estates Officer - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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The Estates Directorate is seeking to recruit highly motivated Assistant Engineering Estates Officers to help manage both Mechanical and Electrical maintenance works, assist with major repairs and plant replacement and undertake minor works projects.

Your objective will be to develop and sustain a high standard of engineering maintenance and estates service provision with an understanding and appreciation of building disciplines.


  • Interview Date 14/07/202
  • Full Time 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
You will demonstrate exceptional organisation skills and be able to co-ordinate resources including in-house labour and specialist and contractors.

In planning workloads you will liaise with the Trust's technical and professional colleagues and importantly clinical teams in their working environment.


You should possess a good understanding of hospital mechanical and/or electrical engineering maintenance practices and building services including Water Safety, Ventilation, LV/HV, Emergency Lighting, Pressure Systems MGPS and Fire Alarm Systems and experience in an acute hospital setting.


Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.


Rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country.

This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
- represented groups.

  • To manage a variety of engineering, energy and environmental duties including maintenance, installation, testing, repair and commissioning of services and equipment under the direction of the Estates Officer.
  • Act in the role of Authorised Person (Limited Duties) in the management of one of the sites complex engineering systems under the supervision of the Lead Authorised Person, to include the management of technical documentation as part of the safe system of work.
  • Manage minor works and engineering capital projects including production/obtaining of budgets, programmes and coordination with internal teams and external contractors and professionals.
  • Undertake condition surveys to ensure engineering assets are maintained at acceptable standards.
  • Shall be prepared to undertake additional training in order to fulfil the requirements of the post, satisfy new regulations/legislation or to further develop their duties.
  • To participate in the Estates out of hours "oncall" emergency service following a suitable induction and competence assessment by the Senior Engineer.


As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you.

Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
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